Economist and public intellectual Parakala Prabhakar systematically demolishes the Modi government's claim that it has helped the poor, farmers, youth and women by delivering welfare at scale over 10 years. He examines these hyperbolic claims against the backdrop of farmers' agitation 2.0, unprecedented youth unemployment and high food inflation which has hurt the real incomes of wage earners across the board.

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